Author Description
In The 1970s, The United States Faced Challenges On A Number Of Fronts. By Nearly Every Measure, American Power Was No Longer Unrivalled. The Task Of Managing America's Relative Decline Fell To President Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, And Gerald Ford. From 1969 To 1977, Nixon, Kissinger, And Ford Reoriented U.s. Foreign Policy From Its Traditional Poles Of Liberal Interventionism And Conservative Isolationism Into A Policy Of Active But Conservative Engagement. In Nixon In The World, Seventeen Leading Historians Of The Cold War And U.s. Foreign Policy Show How They Did It, Where They Succeeded, And Where They Took Their New Strategy Too Far. Drawing On Newly Declassified Materials, They Provide Authoritative And Compelling Analyses Of Issues Such As Vietnam, D?tente, Arms Control, And The U.s.-china Rapprochement, Creating The First Comprehensive Volume On American Foreign Policy In This Pivotal Era.
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THE THESIS
This volume investigates how the Nixon and Ford administrations navigated the transition of American foreign policy from traditional interventionism toward a strategy of active, conservative engagement during the 1970s. Editors Andrew Preston and Fredrik Logevall assemble seventeen prominent historians to evaluate the efficacy of this shift in the context of a declining global hegemony. By utilizing newly declassified archival materials, the contributors assess the successes and failures of the era's diplomatic maneuvers, providing a rigorous analytical framework for understanding the period's geopolitical recalibration.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Comprehensive analysis of U.S. foreign policy from 1969 to 1977.
- Examination of key diplomatic milestones including the Vietnam War, d?tente, and the U.S.-China rapprochement.
- Scholarly assessment of arms control negotiations and the management of relative American decline.
- Evidence-based research derived from newly declassified government documents and primary source materials.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts identify this collection as a foundational resource for understanding the complexities of Cold War diplomacy during the 1970s. The text is noted for its academic rigor and its ability to synthesize diverse historical perspectives into a cohesive narrative on the evolution of American foreign policy.
Page Count:
368
Publication Date:
2008-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199717974
ISBN-13:
9780199717972
History
Biography
Cold War
American History
International relations
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